They say that madness is doing the same thing again
and again and expecting a different result so if I want a change then I clearly
need to do something a bit different. I therefore thought a trip to Bygdøy on
Thursday would do the trick but I was mistaken. A count of 92 Guillemots on a
calm sea would appear to be the second highest winter count for Oslo ever but I
was hoping for something a little more exciting. So, it was back to following
paths well worn and I have filled my boots (not literally) at the smelly stream
with Jacky boy revealing himself on a daily basis now although it is still not
easy to find him. I keep returning more for the thrill of the chase rather than the bird
itself which does little other than stand frozen to the spot. On Thursday he
did move about half a metre in between visits and when I was then able to
observe him from a distance such that I could only see his back then I also
observed a couple of bobs so this does seem to confirm that he is active and
searching for food in the daytime.
I have had a few unsuccessful visits to look for the
Kingfisher recently but on Friday he showed really. He has also attracted the
attention of the more serious photographer brigade with an occupied pop up hide
erected a few metres away from its favourite perch. The hide was doing its job though
and the bird perched unaffected so I expect to see some very good shots on
social media in the coming days although I was also quite happy with the snaps I got.
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| Kingfisher (isfugl) |
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| a very well camouflaged Jack Snipe (kvartbekkasin) |
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| do you see him? |
In this video you see how motionless it stands but there is the occasional twitch of the eye
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